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Studies in the history and development of thermogravimetry

I. Early development

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The internationally accepted definition of thermogravimetry is ‘a technique whereby the weight of a substance, in an environment heated or cooled at a controlled rate, is recorded as a function of time or temperature ’ [1]. Thus, it follows that the basic requirements of the technique are a source of heat, the measurement of temperature and a means of weighing.

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Die international anerkannte Definition der Thermogravimetrie lautet: “Ein Verfahren, wobei das Gewicht einer Substanz in einer mit kontrollierter Geschwindigkeit aufgeheizten oder abgekühlten Umgebung als Funktion der Zeit oder der Temperatur aufgezeichnet wird” [1]. Daraus folgt, da\ die grundlegenden Voraussetzungen dieses Verfahrens eine WÄrmequelle sowie die Messung von Temperatur und eine Möglichkeit zur Gewichtsbestimmung sind.

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    C. J. Keattch

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo, 43606, Toledo, OH, USA

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Keattch, C.J., Dollimore, D. Studies in the history and development of thermogravimetry. Journal of Thermal Analysis 37, 2089–2102 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01905580

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